[2] On 3 April 2010, at the Hel van het Mergelland, Klemme won the sprint from the first chase group of 15 with Yann Huguet's Skil–Shimano teammate Simon Geschke holding on to take 4th; Koos Moerenhout of Rabobank filled out the top five.

[4] On 27 June 2010, at the German Championships, Tony Martin, the new time trial champion, outsprinted Klemme for fourth place.

Three more riders, Markus Fothen, Klemme and Christoph Pfingsten, moved up as well to make it nine on the front.

Fothen tried in vain to bridge, leaving the three front runners to decide who would get which medal.

[1] At the end of 2014 Klemme announced his retirement from the sport saying; "After the last three years were very poor resultswise, I've decided to quit professional cycling.